resort
A place where people go for recreation, especially one with facilities such as lodgings, entertainment, and a relaxing environment.
Noun 3 meanings
A place where people go for recreation, especially one with facilities such as lodgings, entertainment, and a relaxing environment.
Recourse, refuge (something or someone turned to for safety).
“to have resort to violence”
A subdivision of Suriname; a division of the country's districts.
Verb 3 meanings
To have recourse (to), now especially from necessity or frustration.
To fall back; to revert.
To make one's way, go (to).
Etymology
From Middle English resorten, from Old French resortir (“to fall back, return, resort, have recourse, appeal”), back-formation from sortir (“to go out”).
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RESORT at a glance
RESORT has 6 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (R 1 + E 1 + S 1 + O 1 + R 1 + T 1) and 6 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,766 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with resort
All rhymesOne letter away
- REPORT8
- RETORT6
- RESORB8
- BESORT8
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